On Mon November 13 2006 17:05, cothrige wrote: > I have been using kopete, as gaim wasn't behaving quite to my needs, > and found that when it prompts me to open an inbox on one of my > accounts it always opens epiphany. Of course, the first thing I did > was try to change whatever kopete thought was the right browser, but I > could find nothing at all in the config options which indicated any > selections of browsers. > > I don't have a full KDE installed, and so there is no control center > type of thing I can run to change that. But I switched to gnome long > enough to open the control center there and set firefox as default, > but it did not work. I opened firefox and had it check for whether it > was the default browser, and then made is such, but this also had no > effect. > > After reading the man page and some online helps, I tried > 'update-alternatives --set x-www-browser /usr/bin/firefox' but I still > get epiphany. When I run 'update-alternatives --list x-www-browser' > this is what I get: > /usr/bin/epiphany > /usr/bin/firefox > /usr/bin/opera > > If I run 'update-alternatives --config x-www-browser' I get: > > There are 3 alternatives which provide `x-www-browser'. > > Selection Alternative > ----------------------------------------------- > + 1 /usr/bin/epiphany > * 2 /usr/bin/firefox > 3 /usr/bin/opera > > Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number: 2 > Using `/usr/bin/firefox' to provide `x-www-browser'. > > I have checked display and it says x-www-browser is set to manual, so > I thought the + would not mean anything, but it still defaults > everytime to epiphany. > > Finally, I uninstalled epiphany, causing untold problems in the Gnome > world, and this caused Opera to open. I actually like opera for some > things, but not this, and so don't really want to have to uninstall > it. So, now I am back to square one. > > Just how do I convince this app not to use any browser but firefox?
Try running update-alternatives --all. There is also a x-gnome-browser (or somesuch) that may need an adjustment. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
